David Cassidy’s DWI case adjourned

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David Cassidy’s driving while intoxicated (DWI) case has been adjourned until September as the singer and actor’s lawyer continues to negotiate a plea deal with prosecutors.

“The Partridge Family” star was slapped with the felony charge last summer, when he was pulled over at a police checkpoint in Schodack, N.Y.

Cassidy’s lawyer, Lucas Mihuta, was allowed to appear on the 64-year-old’s behalf at a plea hearing in Schodack Town Court on Wednesday as his client lives in Florida, and he successfully requested an adjournment to allow the two sides to work out technical legal issues for the deal.

Town Justice Bruce J. Wagner set the next court date for September 3.

However, the star risked the wrath of prosecutors after it was later revealed he was actually in the area at a horse-racing event at Saratoga Race Course.

Authorities were alerted to his location after a Twitter post by a representative for the New York Racing Association announced Cassidy’s attendance and one prosecutor admitted they were “disturbed” by the news.

Officials are expected to agree to reduce the felony charge for Cassidy, who was convicted of DWI in Florida in 2011, to a misdemeanor.

Further details about the plea deal have yet to be released, but Mihuta reveals Cassidy is determined to move on from his legal troubles as he continues to seek help for his alcohol problems.

Mihuta says, “He’s anxious to put this behind him and to focus more on his treatment and sobriety than legal matters.”

Cassidy was sentenced to serve 90 days in rehab and ordered to complete an alcohol awareness program in March after pleading no contest in California to a charge for driving under the influence (DUI) following another arrest in January.

That incident marked the veteran’s third DUI since 2010, and he recently came clean about the seriousness of his alcoholism, admitting, “If I take another drink, I’m going to die.”